Some Ideas

Help in naming a new LJ community -

Support group is too clinical a term for what I have in mind. A group meets once a month.

I think this is going to resemble the bathroom wall scrawling more. Stuff you wouldn't tell anyone...unless you were with people who had been where you'd been. Wittnessed what you had - against your will and all best intentions. Broke your heart to prevent - and failed to have any impact.

Someone you loved died. In a way nobody will acknowledge, let alone discuss.

So here - a couple of ideas.
[Poll #165276]

Some Ideas

Help in naming a new LJ community -

Support group is too clinical a term for what I have in mind. A group meets once a month.

I think this is going to resemble the bathroom wall scrawling more. Stuff you wouldn't tell anyone...unless you were with people who had been where you'd been. Wittnessed what you had - against your will and all best intentions. Broke your heart to prevent - and failed to have any impact.

Someone you loved died. In a way nobody will acknowledge, let alone discuss.

So here - a couple of ideas.
[Poll #165276]

Some Ideas

Help in naming a new LJ community -

Support group is too clinical a term for what I have in mind. A group meets once a month.

I think this is going to resemble the bathroom wall scrawling more. Stuff you wouldn't tell anyone...unless you were with people who had been where you'd been. Wittnessed what you had - against your will and all best intentions. Broke your heart to prevent - and failed to have any impact.

Someone you loved died. In a way nobody will acknowledge, let alone discuss.

So here - a couple of ideas.
[Poll #165276]

Cut because I care -

( What kind of D & D Character am I? )

Cut because I care -

( What kind of D & D Character am I? )

Cut because I care -

( What kind of D & D Character am I? )

Health Insurance -

This comparison by state was interesting....

California in the least expensive top 10. Texas and Florida in the most expensive top 10.

I strongly suspect this is tied to our availability to MediCal - and that it pays a whole lot of health care costs. For example, more children are born under MediCal than any other insurance plan, including private pay. And having a baby is the number one reason people visit a hospital - did you know that?

Now, it's likely there will be some hue and cry over our high tax rates. I would ask that you look at what the money is spent on - and I assure you, MediCal is not an expensive program. Fraud? The providers and billers are the biggest offenders...not the recipient of services.

Look where the money goes - this state has a balanced budget requirement in our constitution. If someone went over, the money comes from somewhere else -

But they won't ask you for more money to pay those things. They'll just tell you that education, social programs, car registration fees are going to need more money.

Or that these policies were enacted during Republican tenures in the governor's office.

Health Insurance -

This comparison by state was interesting....

California in the least expensive top 10. Texas and Florida in the most expensive top 10.

I strongly suspect this is tied to our availability to MediCal - and that it pays a whole lot of health care costs. For example, more children are born under MediCal than any other insurance plan, including private pay. And having a baby is the number one reason people visit a hospital - did you know that?

Now, it's likely there will be some hue and cry over our high tax rates. I would ask that you look at what the money is spent on - and I assure you, MediCal is not an expensive program. Fraud? The providers and billers are the biggest offenders...not the recipient of services.

Look where the money goes - this state has a balanced budget requirement in our constitution. If someone went over, the money comes from somewhere else -

But they won't ask you for more money to pay those things. They'll just tell you that education, social programs, car registration fees are going to need more money.

Or that these policies were enacted during Republican tenures in the governor's office.

Health Insurance -

This comparison by state was interesting....

California in the least expensive top 10. Texas and Florida in the most expensive top 10.

I strongly suspect this is tied to our availability to MediCal - and that it pays a whole lot of health care costs. For example, more children are born under MediCal than any other insurance plan, including private pay. And having a baby is the number one reason people visit a hospital - did you know that?

Now, it's likely there will be some hue and cry over our high tax rates. I would ask that you look at what the money is spent on - and I assure you, MediCal is not an expensive program. Fraud? The providers and billers are the biggest offenders...not the recipient of services.

Look where the money goes - this state has a balanced budget requirement in our constitution. If someone went over, the money comes from somewhere else -

But they won't ask you for more money to pay those things. They'll just tell you that education, social programs, car registration fees are going to need more money.

Or that these policies were enacted during Republican tenures in the governor's office.

I bleed, therefore I bitch -

I haven't heard this music is so long. But I've had it running through my memory for months now.

Copyright, 1970. We used it for a dance concert I was in - in Junior High. I was 13, I think - that would be 1974.

You want a good way to memorize the Declaration of Independence?

I think Jim puts it well - "I may be something of a liberal, and critical of my country. But that does not mean I'm not a patriot."

These are tracks off the 5th Dimension's "Portrait" album - Leroy Neiman did the cover artwork. It screams 60's. The arrangements are nearly primitive by today's standards, but they serve the vocals which are the centerpiece of the work.

They are singing the Declaration of Independence.

This isn't a song with only three notes and a percussion track. And only 12 words, repeated until the song ends. This is what I knew, growing up - notes up and down the whole scale, tight harmonies and if you think Bill Davis Jr. doesn't have an attitude, you're dead from the neck up.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident...."

Here, have a listen:

Medley - The Declaration of Independence, et al

For extra credit - the companion piece Save the Country.

The RIAA can bite me right in the lil' short hairs - here, you know you want more - go get a copy of your own, it's cheap:

Portrait by the 5th Dimension (Amazon.com Link)

And for extra extra credit?

Let Freedom Ring by Barry Manilow. That piece was written for the rededication of the Statue of Liberty -

I may cross post this later. Try hearing this stuff on a Clear Channel Station. Frickin' liars.

I bleed, therefore I bitch -

I haven't heard this music is so long. But I've had it running through my memory for months now.

Copyright, 1970. We used it for a dance concert I was in - in Junior High. I was 13, I think - that would be 1974.

You want a good way to memorize the Declaration of Independence?

I think Jim puts it well - "I may be something of a liberal, and critical of my country. But that does not mean I'm not a patriot."

These are tracks off the 5th Dimension's "Portrait" album - Leroy Neiman did the cover artwork. It screams 60's. The arrangements are nearly primitive by today's standards, but they serve the vocals which are the centerpiece of the work.

They are singing the Declaration of Independence.

This isn't a song with only three notes and a percussion track. And only 12 words, repeated until the song ends. This is what I knew, growing up - notes up and down the whole scale, tight harmonies and if you think Bill Davis Jr. doesn't have an attitude, you're dead from the neck up.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident...."

Here, have a listen:

Medley - The Declaration of Independence, et al

For extra credit - the companion piece Save the Country.

The RIAA can bite me right in the lil' short hairs - here, you know you want more - go get a copy of your own, it's cheap:

Portrait by the 5th Dimension (Amazon.com Link)

And for extra extra credit?

Let Freedom Ring by Barry Manilow. That piece was written for the rededication of the Statue of Liberty -

I may cross post this later. Try hearing this stuff on a Clear Channel Station. Frickin' liars.

I bleed, therefore I bitch -

I haven't heard this music is so long. But I've had it running through my memory for months now.

Copyright, 1970. We used it for a dance concert I was in - in Junior High. I was 13, I think - that would be 1974.

You want a good way to memorize the Declaration of Independence?

I think Jim puts it well - "I may be something of a liberal, and critical of my country. But that does not mean I'm not a patriot."

These are tracks off the 5th Dimension's "Portrait" album - Leroy Neiman did the cover artwork. It screams 60's. The arrangements are nearly primitive by today's standards, but they serve the vocals which are the centerpiece of the work.

They are singing the Declaration of Independence.

This isn't a song with only three notes and a percussion track. And only 12 words, repeated until the song ends. This is what I knew, growing up - notes up and down the whole scale, tight harmonies and if you think Bill Davis Jr. doesn't have an attitude, you're dead from the neck up.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident...."

Here, have a listen:

Medley - The Declaration of Independence, et al

For extra credit - the companion piece Save the Country.

The RIAA can bite me right in the lil' short hairs - here, you know you want more - go get a copy of your own, it's cheap:

Portrait by the 5th Dimension (Amazon.com Link)

And for extra extra credit?

Let Freedom Ring by Barry Manilow. That piece was written for the rededication of the Statue of Liberty -

I may cross post this later. Try hearing this stuff on a Clear Channel Station. Frickin' liars.

mmmMMmmm

CDs are teh wunnerfull.

I had this album on vinyl, I had it on 8-track fer the love of mud.

I have it brand-new, crystal-clear and digitally enhanced.

I got my first Beatles record when I was 5 years old. I got my 5th Dimension jones when I was 7 or 8, I think - my older brother likes them too. Or did.

I still love the Beatles.

I still love the 5th Dimension.

I love love love CDs. Cellophane is still the work of the devil, but CDs were the best thing that ever happened to my listening career.

*happy wriggles*

mmmMMmmm

CDs are teh wunnerfull.

I had this album on vinyl, I had it on 8-track fer the love of mud.

I have it brand-new, crystal-clear and digitally enhanced.

I got my first Beatles record when I was 5 years old. I got my 5th Dimension jones when I was 7 or 8, I think - my older brother likes them too. Or did.

I still love the Beatles.

I still love the 5th Dimension.

I love love love CDs. Cellophane is still the work of the devil, but CDs were the best thing that ever happened to my listening career.

*happy wriggles*

mmmMMmmm

CDs are teh wunnerfull.

I had this album on vinyl, I had it on 8-track fer the love of mud.

I have it brand-new, crystal-clear and digitally enhanced.

I got my first Beatles record when I was 5 years old. I got my 5th Dimension jones when I was 7 or 8, I think - my older brother likes them too. Or did.

I still love the Beatles.

I still love the 5th Dimension.

I love love love CDs. Cellophane is still the work of the devil, but CDs were the best thing that ever happened to my listening career.

*happy wriggles*